Introducing Carrie Woerner

A Round Lake Democrat who has roots in Saratoga County’s business and historic preservation communities announced Wednesday morning she would run for the recently redrawn 113th State Assembly District.

Carrie Woerner, 50, will challenge Republican Assemblyman Tony Jordan of Jackson, Washington County, for the Assembly seat, she said Wednesday in the Saratoga Arts Center on Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Woerner, 50, is a village trustee in Round Lake and former director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation. She manages a Saratoga Springs software company called Meet Max.

Joined by other elected Saratoga County Democrats, Woerner said she would govern with compassion and enthusiasm if elected to the $88,500-a-year job in November. She pledged to help small businesses cut through regulations that hurt their bottom lines.

“I have the experience, I have the vision, and I have the heart,” Woerner said.

The 113th district is home to about 96,000 persons in Saratoga County and 37,000 in Washington County. The Republican-leaning district includes the communities of Saratoga Springs, Wilton, Malta, Moreau, Stillwater, Saratoga, Mechanicville, Northumberland, Kingsbury, Fort Edward, Greenwich, Argyle, Salem, Hartford, Easton and Jackson.